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This native redband trout was photographed in a headwater stream that is protected under the Clean Water Act thanks to a new EPA/Army Corps of Engineers clean water rule. Some in Congress seek to scrap that rule and once again put waters—and fish—like this one in jeopardy. Several riders in... [ READ MORE... ]

With some help from former ADF&G biologist and Academy instructor, Dan Dunaway, David lands a nice rainbow. Of course, the camera man was on the other side of the river when he caught the big one.
By Nelli Williams
I had my head down puzzling over the schedule for the upcoming days (we ... [ READ MORE... ]

Bristol Bay River & Guide Academy students setting goals for the week. Photo by Rich Johnson
By: Jenny Lynes
“I would love to have somebody from this Academy on my guide staff.”
Pete Raynor, manager of Kulik Lodge laid out a challenge to the incoming class of the Bristol Bay River & Guide... [ READ MORE... ]

Kulik Lodge from the air. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Photo by Rich Johnson
By: Jenny Lynes
[Day 1] As the instructors finish up lesson plans, students are en route to the Academy. Before we get started, here's an overview of a few Academy stats and figures.
1 Lodge. We're lucky enough to be at... [ READ MORE... ]

By Brian Zupancic
When it comes to doing what sportsmen and women love to do most, it doesn’t get much better than public lands. Public lands are wild, open spaces where we can cast to trout and salmon in cold flowing streams, chase big game and upland birds on lands that belong to all of us. For... [ READ MORE... ]

I was fishing on the Potomac River this morning while downstream on the banks of the Anacostia, a tributary of the Potomac, EPA and the Corps of Engineers announced they were restoring the protections of the Clean Water Act to small headwater streams. A series of warm days has all but ended the... [ READ MORE... ]

by Chris Hunt
I'd lived in Idaho for 15 years, and I'd never fished the Middle Fork of the Boise, despite the accolades my western Idaho friends kept piling atop the river's reputaiton. In Idaho, it's a constant battle—there are just too many choices, and where I live, in the shadow of the Tetons... [ READ MORE... ]

(Photo courtesy of Mark Kaelke)
After nine months of meetings, a federally-appointed panel charged with reviewing timber management on Alaska’s Tongass National Forest has released a set of recommendations that include some significant conservation gains.
The Tongass Advisory Committee concluded... [ READ MORE... ]